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For Hillary Clinton, election likely to be won or lost in October

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Each night, Hillary Clinton‘s data experts head to a conference room on the 11th floor of her Brooklyn headquarters, to start counting votes. The sessions in the “early voter boiler room,” as it’s been dubbed by campaign aides, stretch into the early hours of the morning. The team pores over turnout patterns in states where advance voting is already underway, projects how many votes Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have already received, and updates crucial targeting lists of the voters…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.2.15 — Local leaders want to get serious about addressing wage theft

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Welcome to March, where the weather is warming up and so are the politics: In Washington, where Benjamin Netayahu will give his much anticipated speech to (most) members of Congress tomorrow; in Tallahassee, where the legislative session kicks off in a little more than 24 hours; and in Tampa, where the municipal elections take place tomorrow — though how many people will actually go to the polls remains in question (and certainly worth more attention is why these elections are…

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